Method and apparatus for controlling multi-experience translation of media content

• US 9,430,048 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Basso, Andrea, Hines, Tara, Ivanov, Aleksey, Mikan, Jeffrey, Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Fitzpatrick, Atiba O
• Application Number:
  US14/883,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20160034044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 321 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A media device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

identifying first characteristics of a first environment associated with the media device according to first sensory information;

identifying second characteristics of a second environment of a source device according to descriptive information, wherein the source device provides media content;

determining a difference between the first characteristics of the first environment and the second characteristics of the second environment;

selecting a first adaptation to modify a presentation of the media content by the media device according to the difference;

modifying the presentation of the media content according to the first adaptation to generate a first modified presentation of the media content;

detecting a command;

selecting a second adaptation according to the command; and

modifying the first modified presentation of the media content according to the second adaptation to generate a second modified presentation of the media content.

2. The media device of claim 1, wherein the command is associated with one of a series of gestures based on images of user movement, and wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying the series of gestures from captured video of the user movement by image recognition; and

comparing the series of gestures to a plurality of predetermined gestures, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined gestures corresponds to a predetermined command of a plurality of predetermined commands.

3. The media device of claim 2, wherein the media content, the plurality of predetermined gestures, and the plurality of predetermined commands are provided by a service provider by way of a communication system that is communicatively coupled to the media device.

4. The media device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures comprise one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or any combinations thereof.

5. The media device of claim 1, wherein the command is associated with one of a series of gestures, and wherein the operations further comprise comparing the series of gestures to a plurality of custom gestures created at the media device.

6. The media device of claim 1, wherein the command comprises a user-generated gesture.

7. The media device of claim 1, wherein the command is associated with one of a series of gestures, and wherein the series of gestures comprises an undisclosed gesture, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command, and wherein the undisclosed command is associated with a process comprising one of a process to login at the media device, a process to disable a presentation at the media device, a process to shut down the media device, a process to communicate, or any combinations thereof.

8. The media device of claim 1, wherein the first environment of the media device comprises a virtual environment.

9. A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving media content from a source device;

determining a first characteristic of a first environment associated with the source device according to first sensory information;

determining a second characteristic of a second environment associated with the processor according to second sensory information;

determining a difference between the first characteristic of the first environment and the second characteristic of the second environment;

modifying the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;

receiving a command; and

modifying the first updated media content according to the command to generate second updated media content.

10. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the command is associated with one of a series of gestures, wherein the series of gestures correspond to a plurality of predetermined gestures, and wherein the command corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined commands.

11. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures and the plurality of predetermined commands are supplied by a communication system.

12. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures comprise one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or a combination thereof.

13. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a modification profile according to the command; and

updating the first updated media content according to the modification profile.

14. The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein a message corresponding to the command is not displayed by the processor.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a recipient device comprising a processor, media content supplied by a source device;

determining, by the recipient device, a first characteristic of a first environment associated with the source device according to first sensory information;

determining, by the recipient device, a second characteristic of a second environment associated with the recipient device according to second sensory information;

determining, by the recipient device, a difference between the first characteristic of the first environment and the second characteristic of the second environment;

modifying, by the recipient device, the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;

detecting, by the recipient device, a user-generated command; and

modifying, by the recipient device, the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the user-generated command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first environment or the second environment is a virtual environment.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the user-generated command is associated with one of a series of gestures, and wherein the series of gestures comprises one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, or a combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the user-generated command is associated with one of a series of gestures, and wherein the method further comprises comparing, by the recipient device, the series of gestures to a plurality of gestures to identify the user-generated command from a corresponding plurality of commands.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein a message corresponding to the user-generated command is not displayed by the processor.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the user-generated command is associated with one of a series of gestures, and wherein the series of gestures comprises one of a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or a combination thereof.